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- idioms - Is it right up your alley or right down your alley . . .
Either is correct, "up" is more common in the US, "down" is usually reserved for "my alley" vs "your alley" (normally without "right", as in "That kind of problem is sort of down my alley ")
- Right up ones alley? Formal in-formal? - English Language Usage . . .
Is "Right up my alley" formal enough to use in a cover letter job application etc? If not, are there any alternative idioms? It sounded right to me and I was just about to use it in a formal document, but then I googled it and the first result was from urbandictionary, so I became suspicious
- Synonym for its right up my alley: Its within my
the word you use when you say quot;its right up my alley quot; e g its inside my _______ it means collection of interest or range of interest
- Would it be grammatically correct to use the phrase right up your . . .
I heard the phrase "right up your strasse" used in the BBC TV mini-series Sherlock When I didn't find the phrase in the dictionary, I searched online and found the link given below Now I was wondering that would the phase the eligible for usage in my school essays Would the teachers strike it off if I were to use the phase?
- More Casual and Succinct Way to Say Johns Areas of Expertise
0 Consider, That subject is right up John's alley right up (or down) someone's alley: Fig ideally suited to one's interests or abilities Skiing is right down my alley I love it This kind of thing is right up John's alley McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs
- down the hall to the left - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
People also say straight up the road or straight up the alley so my GUESS is that when they are directing the person, they do not want him to change directions until a certain point, or go straight till a certain point, then left right
- single word requests - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
What's a good adverb to indicate an attribute that cannot be improved upon? I wanted ' untoppably ' to be a word, but it isn't Optimally and its synonyms come to mind, but it doesn't really have the best fit for the phrase I have in mind: I’ve thought up a pretty neat method for completely eliminating dynamic cell references I wrote it down for later You can look forward to an [untoppably
- word choice - To my right vs. on my right - English Language . . .
Which one is correct and why? To my right is Alex On my right is Alex What is the difference between on and to here?
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